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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  5) 
  In 
  the 
  Hudson 
  valley, 
  10' 
  to 
  11 
  inches. 
  

  

  6) 
  In 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley, 
  10 
  to 
  11 
  inches. 
  

  

  7) 
  In 
  the 
  Champlain 
  valley, 
  7 
  to 
  8 
  inches. 
  

  

  8) 
  In 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  valley, 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  inches. 
  

  

  9) 
  In 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  region, 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  inches. 
  

  

  10) 
  In 
  the 
  Central 
  Lakes 
  region, 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  inches. 
  

  

  11) 
  And 
  finally, 
  for 
  particular 
  localities, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  

   inches 
  can 
  be 
  stored. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  region, 
  by 
  storage 
  is 
  meant 
  the 
  total 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  of 
  water 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  practically 
  utilized, 
  either 
  from 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  flows 
  or 
  underflows. 
  

  

  Moreover, 
  the 
  foregoing 
  statements 
  are 
  made 
  for 
  a 
  single 
  year 
  

   and 
  without 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  water 
  yield 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  supplied 
  by 
  

   considering 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  three 
  years. 
  Usually, 
  taking 
  into 
  

   account 
  a 
  3-year 
  low-water 
  period, 
  more 
  storage 
  can 
  be 
  provided 
  

   than 
  when 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  year 
  is 
  considered, 
  and 
  the 
  question 
  as 
  

   to 
  just 
  what 
  the 
  water 
  stored 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  will 
  largely 
  deter- 
  

   mine 
  which 
  period 
  to 
  take. 
  If 
  for 
  water 
  power, 
  where 
  exceedingly 
  

   large 
  quantities 
  of 
  water 
  are 
  required, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  generally 
  desirable 
  

   to 
  take 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  single 
  dry 
  year, 
  while 
  for 
  water 
  supplies 
  a 
  

   period 
  of 
  three 
  dry 
  years 
  may 
  be 
  taken. 
  

  

  Many 
  persons 
  consider 
  that 
  11 
  inches 
  of 
  water 
  collected 
  in 
  a 
  

   dry 
  year 
  is 
  a 
  conservative 
  assumption, 
  but 
  the 
  preceding 
  dis- 
  

   cussion 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  anybody 
  assuming 
  such 
  quantity 
  

   in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  would, 
  in 
  some 
  parts, 
  be 
  wide 
  of 
  the 
  

   mark. 
  

  

  STATE 
  OWNEHSHIP 
  OP 
  PUBLIC 
  UTILITIES 
  

  

  When 
  a 
  country 
  becomes 
  thickly 
  populated 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  

   things 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  better 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  than 
  by 
  either 
  an 
  

   individual 
  or 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  community. 
  We 
  will 
  briefly 
  discuss 
  a 
  

   case 
  of 
  this 
  character 
  here. 
  

  

  State 
  water 
  supply. 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  is 
  specially 
  suited 
  for 
  a 
  

   State 
  water 
  supply 
  because, 
  due 
  to 
  fortuitous 
  conditions, 
  it 
  is 
  

   possible 
  to 
  deliver 
  water 
  by 
  gravity 
  without 
  excessively 
  long 
  con- 
  

   duits, 
  to 
  nearly 
  every 
  city 
  and 
  town 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  Such 
  supplies 
  

   would 
  answer 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  purity 
  and 
  would 
  settle 
  the 
  

   question 
  of 
  water 
  supplies 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  for 
  all 
  time 
  to 
  come. 
  The 
  

   writer 
  therefore 
  considers 
  that 
  there 
  should 
  be 
  a 
  State 
  commis- 
  

   sion 
  specially 
  authorized 
  to 
  define 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  these 
  reservations 
  

  

  